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Christiaan Hendrik Swanepoel 1791–1863 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1791

Birth Location: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Death Date: 1863

Death Location: Cape Colony, South Africa

Father: Christiaan Swanepoel

Mother: Maria Swanepoel

Spouse(s): Hester TONDER

Children(s): Maria SWANEPOEL, Christiaan SWANEPOEL, Willem SWANEPOEL, Elizabeth SWANEPOEL, Hester SWANEPOEL, Hendrik SWANEPOEL, Johannes SWANEPOEL, Elizabeth SWANEPOEL, Cornelis SWANEPOEL

In 1791, Christiaan Hendrik Swanepoel entered the world in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, born to Christiaan Swanepoel And Maria Sibella Swanepoel. Christiaan Hendrik Swanepoel married Hester Maria Van Tonder, and had children including Christiaan Hendrik Jacobus Swanepoel, Cornelis Petrus Swanepoel, Elizabeth Johanna Swanepoel, Hendrik Frederik Swanepoel, Hester Maria Swanepoel, Johannes Jacobus Swanepoel, Maria Isabella Geertruida Magdalena Swanepoel, Willem Frederik Swanepoel. Christiaan Hendrik Swanepoel passed away in 1863 in Cape Colony, South Africa.

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Biography

  • In 1791, Christiaan Hendrik Swanepoel entered the world in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, born to Christiaan Swanepoel And Maria Sibella Swanepoel.
  • Christiaan Hendrik Swanepoel married Hester Maria Van Tonder, and had children including Christiaan Hendrik Jacobus Swanepoel, Cornelis Petrus Swanepoel, Elizabeth Johanna Swanepoel, Hendrik Frederik Swanepoel, Hester Maria Swanepoel, Johannes Jacobus Swanepoel, Maria Isabella Geertruida Magdalena Swanepoel, Willem Frederik Swanepoel.
  • Christiaan Hendrik Swanepoel passed away in 1863 in Cape Colony, South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Christiaan Swanepoel
1757–1831
Birth Location: Goedemoed, Achter-Kogmanskloof, South Africa
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Maria Swanepoel
1764–
Birth Location: Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
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Spouses(s)

Hester TONDER
1793–
Birth Location: Paarl, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Children(s)

Maria SWANEPOEL
1818–
Birth Location: Winterhoek, District Beaufort West, Cape Colony, South Africa
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Christiaan SWANEPOEL
1814–1884
Birth Location: –
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Willem SWANEPOEL
1815–
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth SWANEPOEL
1816–1826
Birth Location: –
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Hester SWANEPOEL
1823–1883
Birth Location: –
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Hendrik SWANEPOEL
1824–
Birth Location: –
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Johannes SWANEPOEL
1826–1893
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth SWANEPOEL
1828–1875
Birth Location: –
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Cornelis SWANEPOEL
1831–
Birth Location: –
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Christiaan Swanepoel's Ancestors

Self
Christiaan Swanepoel
1791–1863
Birth Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Parents
Christiaan Swanepoel
1757–1831
Goedemoed, Achter-Kogmanskloof, South Africa
Maria (Sibella) Swanepoel
1764–
Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
Grandparents
Jacobus Swanepoel
1725–1766
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Susanna (Catharina) Rabie
1728–1764
Cape, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
Christiaan Rabie
1700–1740
Margaretha (PIJL)
1710–1775
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Bastiaan Pyl
1690–1733
Susanna Putter
1690–1732

Christiaan Swanepoel's Descendants

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Christiaan (Hendrik) Swanepoel (1791–1863) m. Hester (Maria VAN) TONDER (1793–)
  1. 1. Maria (Isabella Geertruida Magdalena) SWANEPOEL 1818– m. Nicolaas (Marthinus Johannes) GROBLER 1810–1892 m. Nicolaas (Marthinus Johannes) GROBLER 1810–1851
    1. 1. Hester (Maria) GROBLER 1840–1916 m. Philippus (Arnoldus Christiaan) RAATH 1839–1872 m. Coenraad (Daniel) SPAUMER 1849–1923
      1. 1. Maria (Magdalena) Raath 1862–1910 m. Petrus (Jeremias) Bezuidenhout 1838–1922 m. Louis (Edward) Joubert 1855–1907
      2. 2. Martina Raath 1863–
      3. 3. Adolf (J.) Raath 1866–
      4. 4. Hester (Maria) RAATH 1869–1957 m. Marthinus (Christoffel) VORSTER 1867–1947
      5. 5. Philippus (Arnoldus Christiaan) RAATH 1872–1940
      6. 6. Johannes (Daniel) SPAUMER 1877–1964 m. Maria (Johanna Magdalena) JACOBS 1880–1965 m. Martha (Johanna Maria Petronella) VENTER 1877–1950
        1. 1. Coenraad (Daniel) SPAUMER 1912–1993 m. Martha (Magrietha Van der) Merwe 1916–1992
        2. 2. Martha (Johanna Maria Petronella) SPAUMER 1905–1941 m. Adriaan (Hendrik) NEL 1881–1960
        3. 3. Hester (Maria) SPAUMER 1907– m. Marthinus (Jacobus) POTGIETER –1949
        4. 4. Jacobus (Johannes) SPAUMER 1916–1968
      7. 7. Maria (Gertruida Wilhelmina Petronella) SPAUMER 1879–1931
        1. 1. Hester (Maria) NEL 1906–
      8. 8. Nicolaas (Marthinus Johannes) SPAUMER 1880– m. Anna (Magdalena Catharina) SCHEEPERS 1888–
        1. 1. Nicolaas (Marthinus) SPAUMER 1916–
        2. 2. Coenraad (Daniel) SPAUMER 1912–
        3. 3. Hester (Maria) SPAUMER 1909–
        4. 4. Pieter (Johannes) SPAUMER 1914–
        5. 5. Jan (Stephanus) SPAUMER 1923–1928
        6. 6. Gert (Petrus) SPAUMER 1926–
    2. 2. Coert (Nicolaas) GROBLER 1836–1925 m. Maria (Magdalena de) Jager 1845–1904
    3. 3. Christiaan (Hendrik) GROBLER 1838–1911
    4. 4. Nicolaas GROBLER 1843–1909 m. Hester (Catharina) Botha 1845–1906
      1. 1. Hester (Catharina) Grobler 1877–1943 m. Petrus (Lodewikus van der) Walt 1876–1951
        1. 1. Hester (Catrina van der) Walt 1896–1936 m. Daniel (Marthinus) Nell 1895–1938
        2. 2. Catharina (Jaochimina Davina van der) Walt 1897–1943 m. Hendrik (Jacobus) Visser 1886–
        3. 3. Gert (Hendrik Jacobus van der) Walt –1921
        4. 4. Adriaan (van der) Walt 1905–
      2. 2. Wilhelmus (Petrus) Grobler 1864–1931 m. Susanna (Jacoba Hendrika) Botha 1865–1923
        1. 1. Anna (Jacoba) Grobler –1937
        2. 2. Thomas (Frederik) Grobler 1906–1952 m. Sophia (Maria) Helberg 1908–
      3. 3. Jan (Hendrik) Grobler 1866–1934
      4. 4. Elizabetha (Magdalena) Grobler 1869–
      5. 5. Paulus (Stephanus) Grobler 1874–1947
      6. 6. Nicolaas Grobler 1867–1900
      7. 7. Ann (Sophia) Grobler 1871–1872
      8. 8. Anna (Sophia Jacoba) Grobler 1873–1891
      9. 9. Heiletje (Levina Helena) Grobler 1876–
      10. 10. Anna (Jacoba) Grobler 1879–1937
      11. 11. Izaac (Jacobus) Grobler 1881–
    5. 5. Pieter (Johannes) GROBLER 1845–1921 m. Wilhelmina (Johanna) Mienie 1850–
      1. 1. Nicolaas (Marthinus Johannes) Grobler 1871–
      2. 2. Francois (Albertus) Grobler 1873–
      3. 3. Benjamin (Pieter Johannes Hermanus) Grobler 1871–
      4. 4. Thomas (Hendrik) Grobler 1883–1955
      5. 5. Diederik (Philippus) Grobler 1885–1951
      6. 6. Christiaan (Hendrik) Grobler 1887–
      7. 7. Jurgens (Hendrik) Grobler 1889–1947
      8. 8. Maria (Magdalena) Grobler 1877–
      9. 9. Wilhelmina (Johanna) Grobler 1881–1964
      10. 10. Elsje (Maria) Grobler 1870–1933
      11. 11. Benjamin (Pieter Johannes) Grobler 1876–
      12. 12. Johannes (Willem) Grobler 1879–
      13. 13. Willem (Jacobus) Grobler 1894–1951 m. Anna (Elizabeth Van) Niekerk 1905–1979
        1. 1. Pieter (Johannes) Grobler 1925–1987
        2. 2. Jacobus (Willem Jacob (Koos)) Grobler 1934–2014
        3. 3. Nicolaas (Marthinus Johannes) Grobler 1937–2021
        4. 4. Willem (Jacobus Christiaan) Grobler 1932–2016
        5. 5. Anna (Margaritha Susanna Jacoba) Grobler 1927–1961
        6. 6. Anna (Elizabeth) Grobler 1930–1995
        7. 7. Wilhelmina (Johanna) Grobler 1928–1928
    6. 6. Jurgens (Hendrik) GROBLER 1847–1920
    7. 7. Willem (Frederik) GROBLER 1849–1919 m. Catharina (Magdalena Elizabeth) Raath 1848–1900 m. Ella (Maria Du) Preez 1870–1933
    8. 8. Nicolaas (Marthinus Johannes) GROBLER 1851–1933 m. Gesina (Maria Beatrix) Olivier 1854–1908
      1. 1. Hester (Maria) Grobler 1887–1945 m. Johannes (Gerhardus) Steyn 1884–1956
        1. 1. Nicolaas (Marthinus Johannes) Steyn 1929–1993 m. Alice (Christina) Dupper 1933–2011
        2. 2. Gezina (Maria Beatrix) Steyn 1908–1995
        3. 3. Anna (Elizabeth) Steyn 1916–1982 m. Barend (Johannes) Vermeulen 1909–1990
        4. 4. Johannes (Gerhardus) Steyn 1912–1930
      2. 2. Ockert (Barend Jonathan) Grobler 1882–1946
      3. 3. Jeanetta (Petronella) Grobler 1874– m. Williem (Christoffel Van) Wyk 1872–1901
        1. 1. WILLEM (CHRISTOFFEL VAN) WYK 1897– m. MARY (JOYCE) MILLER 1896–1968
      4. 4. Nicolaas (Jacobus Marthinus) Grobler 1875–
      5. 5. Philip (Lodewyk) Grobler 1877–1900
      6. 6. Maria (Magdalena Isabella) Grobler 1879–
      7. 7. Coert (Nicolaas) Grobler 1880–
      8. 8. Gesina (Maria Beatrix) Grobler 1884–1974
      9. 9. Magdalena (Johanna Gertruida) Grobler 1888–1934 m. Johannes (Diederik van) Wyk 1881–1952
      10. 10. Nicolaas (Marthinus Johannes Barend Cornelius) Grobler 1890–1984 m. Sara (Johanna) Botha 1892– m. Dorothea (Elizabeth Goch) Pretoruis 1892–1974
        1. 1. Hendrina (Alyda) Grobler 1911–1998 m. Douw (Evan) Williams 1909–1994
      11. 11. Dina (Francina) Grobler 1896–
    9. 9. Dina (johanna) GROBLER 1853–
    10. 10. Maria (Magdalena) GROBLER 1856–
    11. 11. Magdalena (Johanna) GROBLER 1857–
    12. 12. Elizabeth (Wilhelmina) GROBLER 1861–
    13. 13. Coert (Nicolaas) GROBLER 1836–
    14. 14. Christiaan (Hendrik) GROBLER 1838–
    15. 15. Nicolaas (Marthinus Johannes) GROBLER 1843–1851
    16. 16. Pieter (Johannes) GROBLER 1845–
    17. 17. Jurgens (Hendrik) GROBLER 1847–1920
    18. 18. Willem (Frederik) GROBLER 1849–
    19. 19. Nicolaas (Marthinus Johannes) GROBLER 1851–
    20. 20. Dina (johanna) GROBLER 1853–
    21. 21. Maria (Magdalena) GROBLER 1856–
    22. 22. Magdalena (Johanna) GROBLER 1857–
    23. 23. Elizabeth (Wilhelmina) GROBLER 1861–
  2. 2. Christiaan (Hendrik Jacobus) SWANEPOEL 1814–1884
  3. 3. Willem (Frederik) SWANEPOEL 1815–
  4. 4. Elizabeth (Johanna) SWANEPOEL 1816–1826
  5. 5. Hester (Maria) SWANEPOEL 1823–1883 m. Willem Bekker 1817–1896
    1. 1. Willem (Johannes Stephanus) Bekker 1849–1899
    2. 2. Hendrik (Frederik) Bekker 1865–1940
  6. 6. Hendrik (Frederik) SWANEPOEL 1824–
  7. 7. Johannes (Jacobus) SWANEPOEL 1826–1893
  8. 8. Elizabeth (Johanna) SWANEPOEL 1828–1875
  9. 9. Cornelis (Petrus) SWANEPOEL 1831–

Christiaan Swanepoel's Timeline

3 Records

1791
1791
Birth of Christiaan Hendrik Swanepoel in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1791
6 Nov 1791
Christiaan Hendrik Swanepoel was baptized in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1863
1863
Age 72
Death of Christiaan Hendrik Swanepoel in Cape Colony, South Africa
Cape Colony, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1791
    Event Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 6 Nov 1791
    Event Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
    Record Source: South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers, 1660-1970, State Archives; Cape Province, South Africa; South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1863
    Event Place: Cape Colony, South Africa
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